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I've Been Failing For, Like, Ten Or Eleven Years. When It Turns, It'll Turn. Right Now I'm Just Trying To Squeeze Through A Very Tight Financial Period, Get The Movie Out, And Put My Things In Order.

I've Been Offered Lots Of Movies. There's Always Some Actor Who's Doing A Project And Would Like To Have Me Do It. But You Look At The Project And Think, 'gee, There Are A Lot Of Good Directors Who Could Do That.' I'd Like To Do Something Only I Can Do.

I Thought I Wanted To Be A Playwright Because I Was Interested In Stories And Telling Stories.

When I Was About 9, I Had Polio, And People Were Very Frightened For Their Children, So You Tended To Be Isolated. I Was Paralyzed For A While, So I Watched Television.

If You're Not Allowed To Experiment Anymore For Fear Of Being Considered Self-indulgent Or Pretentious Or What Have You, Then Everyone's Going To Just Stick To The Rules - There's Not Going To Be Any Additional Ideas.